Vulnerability Report

CVE-2004-1235

RCE

Title: Linux kernel race condition arbitrary code execution

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2004-1235

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Apr 14, 2005
Modified Date Apr 03, 2025
Exploit Status Available
Score 6.2 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.08%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2004-1235: Race condition in the (1) load_elf_library and (2) binfmt_aout function calls for uselib in Linux kernel 2.4 through 2.429-rc2 and 2.6 through 2.6.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by manipulating the VMA descriptor.

Impacted Vendors

M
mandrakesoft 1
A
avaya 8

Reference Links

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000930 http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0021-uselib.txt http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110512575901427&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/20162 http://secunia.com/advisories/20163 http://secunia.com/advisories/20202 http://secunia.com/advisories/20338 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:022 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_01_sr.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-016.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-017.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-043.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-092.html http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/7804 http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/7805 http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/7806 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12190 http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0001/ https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2336 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18800 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9567 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000930 http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0021-uselib.txt http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110512575901427&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/20162 http://secunia.com/advisories/20163 http://secunia.com/advisories/20202 http://secunia.com/advisories/20338 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:022 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_01_sr.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-016.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-017.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-043.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-092.html http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/7804 http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/7805 http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/7806 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12190 http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0001/ https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2336 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18800 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9567
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.2
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2004-1235 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/778
View Code
Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/744
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/895
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.